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Take Home 32 Inches Of Marcus Fenix
Let’s say you love Gears of War. Love Marcus Fenix. Want to mark that love with a piece of memorabilia. Would you love Marcus and his enormous neck enough to spend $350 on an enormous bust? And I do mean enormous: this piece stands 32 inches tall. That’s almost big enough to stick in a…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010 -
Where The Xbox 360’s Achievements Come From
The Xbox Engineering Blog isn’t the place you’d expect to find a ripping good read, but that’s exactly what you’ll find there today, with a post detailing the history and implementation details for the Xbox 360’s “achievements”. Microsoft’s Vince Curley, Xbox LIVE & Platform Architect, reveals that during the testing and planning of what’s probably…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010 -
These Are The People Who Fight (And Like To Watch)
EVO 2010, the biggest event on the fighting game calendar, isn’t all about testosterone and victory. For most, it’s just about kicking back and enjoying watching the thing they love most. Richard Li, a contestant at the event (and also a video producer at 1UP), filmed these gorgeous shots of the crowd while he was…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010 -
So, Where’s This New Mad Max Game?
Over two years ago, it was revealed that director George Miller would be making a new Mad Max movie, and that God of War 2 director Cory Barlog would be making the accompanying game. And we’ve heard almost nothing since! There may be a very good reason for this. See, the film and the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010 -
Amazon As Market Research (For The Lonely Gamer)
The fleshlight is, to put it bluntly, a device for assisting in the act of male masturbation. It’s also, shockingly, quite the hit with lonely video gamers. At least, it is according to this Amazon page. And since Amazon’s “customers who bought” pages are generated mechanically, there’s no room for prejudice, comedy or torment. Just…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010 -
God Of War Movie Trailer Is…Unexpectedly Brilliant
The actual God of War movie will in all likelihood feature loads of darkness, blood, man nipples and scowling. This trailer for a fake movie has none of those, and is all the better for it. It’s the trailer for the God of War movie…if the God of War movie was an indie flick. And…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010 -
Come Get Your Final Starcraft II System Specs
Starcraft II is less than two weeks away, but many of you are still sweating on the game’s final, official system requirements (for both PC and Mac) to see if you can play it or not. Well, here they are. Things don’t look too steep from where I’m standing. My PC sits around the “recommended…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2010 -
Tim Schafer’s Team Now Working On FOUR Games, Not One
Tim Schafer’s Double Fine, the team behind Psychonauts and Brutal Legend (and Bespin regrets!), has forever been working on just one game at a time. Hasn’t worked too well, that, so time for a change! “We got a phone call from a publisher saying ‘we’re not going to do a sequel to Brutal Legend’. My…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
And Now For Some Drawings Of Oregon Trail, A Game Boy & Robocop
Reader Bill emailed us earlier this week, asking if we would like to post some of his drawings. “Sure would”, we replied, because they’re great They’re not all about gaming, but still, they’re all about stuff you’ll still find interesting. Like Admiral Ackbar’s pizza party, the ULTIMATE Oregon Trail WARRIOR and what appears to be…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
Okami’s DS Sibling Goes Overboard With Its Collector’s Edition
For such a revered game, Okami shipped on PS2 and Wii with little fanfare. There was no “Legendary Edition” shipping with a set of paintbrushes and an authentic wolf’s skin. Okamiden is looking to make amends! The DS successor to the PS2/Wii classic will in Japan ship in this collector’s edition, which for a humble…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
Will Wright Tells Morgan Freeman About Gods & Sims
Morgan Freeman’s “Through the Wormhole” show on the Science Channel had an interesting guest a few weeks back: Sims creator Will Wright, who was there to talk about video game games, and gods The segment has a simple premise: as computer programs become more advanced, our emotional connection with their creations grow ever stronger. And…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
CultureTotal RecallA Celebration Of Video Game…Boot-Up Sequences
It may seem a trivial thing, but a game’s boot-up sequence can be more important than you realise! First impressions count, after all, and the first impression you get of a game is the sequence as it starts up. This is nearly always – always – in the form of a procession of logos. Developer…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
BioWare: Consoles Are The Past, Not The Future
Juicy comment, that, but before anyone goes calling them trolls (or witches! Or prophets!), it’s worth looking at the context in which the RPG powerhouse is making the above claim. “The future isn’t necessarily on console,” BioWare co-founder Dr. Greg Zeschuk tells Eurogamer. “That’s the past. It’s going to be a strong thing going forward,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
Can Screenshots Also Be Art?
Dead End Thrills is a site about the art of video game screenshots. Not in the way marketing teams use art to lie via bullshot; in the way actual screenshots can use real world photography rules to look amazing “Dead End Thrills is a website dedicated to videogame photography”, the site’s mission statement reads, “an…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
There’s A Seventh Member Of Halo: Reach’s Noble Team
Noble Team, the squad you’ll be joining in Halo: Reach, only has six members. For the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, however, Bungie has drawn up a seventh member, available only in action figure form. Yes, designed by Bungie’s artists solely for the purposes of selling a toy at a comic convention, Noble Seven has…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
It’s Like Pilotwings, But For The Xbox 360
You know what the Xbox 360 needs? More homages to classic Nintendo titles. Yeah, there’s Perfect Dark, and Banjo Kazooie, but…look, they have a fanbase, but I wouldn’t call them classics. Not classic like Pilotwings, which is what Haiku Interactive’s AvaGlide basically is, only on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel. For a game that’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
Zelda Coming In “Early 2011”
Last we heard from Nintendo, the next Zelda game was going to be out in 2011. That’s fine, but when in 2011? Producer Eiji Aonuma has a rough answer. “The basis we have now is very, very solid,” Aonuma told Official Nintendo Magazine, in response to a question on how the game was coming along.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 15, 2010 -
ReviewsJoe Danger Review: Touch The Sky
Over the next month, we’ll be reviewing games we didn’t get around to earlier in the year. PlayStation Network exclusive Joe Danger is the first dirtbike off the rank. The premise couldn’t be simpler (or more unexpected): take ExciteBike, the story of a man on a bike moving sideways down a track, then throw in…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 14, 2010
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